Hail, Scurry
- When
- March 21, 7:30 PM CST to 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Scurry County, 4 mi N of Snyder
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 32.767, -100.900
Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, March 21 to 22, 2000
A series of large supercell thunderstorms developed during the late evening and early morrning hours in advance of a strong upper level low pressure system. These storms produced hail up to golfball size, damaging thunderstorm winds, some flash flooding, and one tornado.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $354,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 22
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS MAF wrote it up.
A series of large supercell thunderstorms developed during the late evening and early morrning hours in advance of a strong upper level low pressure system. These storms produced hail up to golfball size, damaging thunderstorm winds, some flash flooding, and one tornado.
The radar
The Lubbock radar (KLBB), 130 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:30 UTC.
Event by event
13 hail, 4 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Scurry
- When
- March 21, 7:32 PM CST
- Where
- Scurry County, 1 mi N of Snyder
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 32.733, -100.900
A large store window was blown out by thunderstorm outflow winds.
Hail, Gaines
- When
- March 22, 12:05 AM CST
- Where
- Gaines County, 18 mi W of Seminole
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 32.717, -102.967
Thunderstorm Wind, Andrews
- When
- March 22, 12:25 AM CST
- Where
- Andrews County, 2 mi W of Frankel City
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 32.383, -102.817
Hail, Andrews
- When
- March 22, 12:25 AM CST
- Where
- Andrews County, 2 mi W of Frankel City
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 32.383, -102.817
Tornado, Ward
- When
- March 22, 12:50 AM CST to 12:54 AM CST
- Where
- Ward County, Wickett
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 250 yd
- Property damage
- $300,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 31.567, -103.017
A supercell storm moving to the northeast spawned a weak tornado that moved straight north through the heart of Wickett. With the weak nature of the tornado and lack of targets outside of the city, the exact starting and ending points of the tornado could not be determined.Damage included one abandoned mobile home that was overturned and destroyed, several carports and other low-grade roofs dislodged, and utility poles/lines downed. With little structural damage to any substantial dwellings, this tornado was rated in the high end of the F0 category. Vectors into the center of the damage converged at a 90 degree angle.This mesocyclone quickly occluded after exiting Wickett, with the following mesocyclone producing another weak tornado in western Ector County.
Hail, Andrews
- When
- March 22, 12:55 AM CST
- Where
- Andrews County, 3 mi NE of Frankel City
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 32.417, -102.750
Hail, Upton
- When
- March 22, 1:05 AM CST
- Where
- Upton County, Rankin
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.217, -101.900
Hail, Ector
- When
- March 22, 1:20 AM CST
- Where
- Ector County, Notrees
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 31.917, -102.750
Hail, Gaines
- When
- March 22, 1:37 AM CST
- Where
- Gaines County, 3 mi S of Seminole
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.667, -102.650
Tornado, Ector
- When
- March 22, 1:42 AM CST to 1:50 AM CST
- Where
- Ector County, 8 mi S of Goldsmith
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- NWS STORM SURVEY
- Coordinates
- 31.867, -102.617
The Wickett supercell storm occluded then spawned another strong mesocylone. What was believed to have been a weak tornado formed in western Ector County and knocked down two sets of utility poles. The tornado moved northeast through open country taking out a line of 11 utility poles about 2 miles west of FM 866, then proceeded to the northeast and knocked down 4 additional poles at the intersection of FM 866 and State Highway 302.Absolute confirmation of the tornado could not be gained due to the lack of damage in the path. Tall grasses in the path gave little clue to the winds in this weak phenomenon. The decision to classify this as a tornado was due to the extreme intensity of low level radar signatures as well as the fairly narrow damage path sustained over a three mile track.Although utility poles were knocked over, this tornado was rated only as a high F0 due to the seemingly undisturbed vegetation.
Flash Flood, Andrews
- When
- March 22, 2:00 AM CST to 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Andrews County, 5 mi S of Andrews
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.305, -102.638 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
U.S. Highway 385 underwater.
Flash Flood, Gaines
- When
- March 22, 2:00 AM CST to 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Gaines County, 12 mi E of Seminole
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.741, -102.635 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Water on road of Hwy 180.
Hail, Ector
- When
- March 22, 2:23 AM CST
- Where
- Ector County, 5 mi E of Goldsmith
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.983, -102.533
Hail, Ector
- When
- March 22, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Ector County, Gardendale
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 32.000, -102.417
Flash Flood, Ector
- When
- March 22, 3:00 AM CST to 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Ector County, Gardendale
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 31.869, -102.543 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Minor flooding on Hwy 158.
Hail, Martin
- When
- March 22, 3:35 AM CST
- Where
- Martin County, 11 mi W of Tarzan
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 32.300, -102.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Martin
- When
- March 22, 4:10 AM CST
- Where
- Martin County, 3 mi WSW of Tarzan
- Property damage
- $40,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 32.283, -102.017
Thunderstorm outflow winds damaged farm equipment.
Hail, Martin
- When
- March 22, 4:25 AM CST
- Where
- Martin County, Flower Grove
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 32.500, -101.883
Vehicles damaged.
Flash Flood, Martin
- When
- March 22, 4:30 AM CST to 6:30 AM CST
- Where
- Martin County, 3 mi W of Tarzan
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 32.306, -101.951 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
State Highway 176 was flooded with two feet of water over the roadway.
Hail, Martin
- When
- March 22, 4:40 AM CST
- Where
- Martin County, Ackerly
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 32.517, -101.717
Hail, Borden
- When
- March 22, 5:30 AM CST
- Where
- Borden County, Gail
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.767, -101.433
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 21 to 22, 2000
- Hail in Texas, March 21, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Pennsylvania, March 21 to 23, 2000
- Winter Storm and Heavy Rain in Virginia, March 21, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Winter Storm in Maryland, March 21 to 22, 2000
- Dense Fog in Wisconsin, March 21, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in New Jersey, March 21 to 22, 2000
- Winter Storm in New Mexico, March 21 to 23, 2000
- Flooding in New Jersey, March 21 to 22, 2000
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in West Virginia, March 21, 2000
- Heavy Rain in Maryland, March 21 to 22, 2000
- Flood and High Wind in Delaware, March 21, 2000
More
Every storm in Texas in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Texas, 2000Warnings in Texas, March 2000
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5137887, 5140110, 5137886, 5139782, 5139783, 5139780, 5137885, 5137893, 5137888, 5139781, 5140109, 5139784, 5139785, 5137892, 5139786, 5139787, 5137889, 5140111, 5140112, 5137891, 5140113, 5137890.